Okay, the problem is, these files can be overwritten (they won't be locked by the OS for example). I need to make sure that: - Ant don't overwrite them - An error is triggered, to alert the user.
2009/1/27 Chun Ji <c...@pro-unlimited.com>: > > It happens if these existing files can not be overwritten. > > -Charlie > > -----Original Message----- > From: Yves Dessertine [mailto:yvesd.pub...@gmail.com] > Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2009 9:38 AM > To: Ant Users List > Subject: Re: Make copy task fail if any destination file already exists? > > I'll explain a bit more. > > I have the following example build.xml file : > > <project name="fooproject" default="usage" basedir="."> > <target name="foo"> > <copy toDir="targetTree"> > <fileset dir="sourceTree" /> > </copy> > </target> > > <target name="usage"> > <echo>foo bar</echo> > </target> > </project> > > > > Project layout looks like this : > > testproj > +--- build.xml > +--- sourceTree > +--- bar.txt > +--- subdir > +--- boo.bmp > +--- boo1.bmp > +--- targetDir > +--- <any number of files here> > +--- subdir > +--- otherfile_only_in_target.txt > +--- <any number of files here> > +--- foo1.bmp <== this already exists: error! > > Its task is to copy any number of files from sourceDir to targetDir, > but throwing an error if any file to be copied already exists in > targetDir > > Here, I need the copy task to fail because subdir/foo1.bmp already > exists. It is possible to do such a thing w/ ant ? > > Regards, > > Yves Dessertine > > > 2009/1/26 Yves Dessertine <yvesd.pub...@gmail.com>: >> Thank you for your answer. the <available> task is interessting, but >> it isn't what I need. What I need is to copy a directory with >> subdirectories within another dir, with subdirs which might have the >> same name (to merge the contents of both), but while triggering an >> error if any file already exists in the target dir. >> >> This looks quite complicated to do with ant. >> >> >> 2009/1/26 <jan.mate...@rzf.fin-nrw.de>: >>>>It is possible with Ant to make a copy task fail if any destination >>>>file already exists? >>>> >>>>I found no clue in the docs (noticed only the "failonerror" param in >>>>copy task (http://ant.apache.org/manual/CoreTasks/copy.html) and in >>>>the condition for the "fail" task, but nothing relevant IMHO). >>>> >>>>I know it would be possible to check the existance of an entire >>>>folder, but this isn't suitable for my project. >>> >>> >>> This is not <copy>s job. >>> Try <available>. >>> >>> >>> Jan >>> >>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: user-unsubscr...@ant.apache.org >>> For additional commands, e-mail: user-h...@ant.apache.org >>> >>> >> > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: user-unsubscr...@ant.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: user-h...@ant.apache.org > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: user-unsubscr...@ant.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: user-h...@ant.apache.org > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: user-unsubscr...@ant.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: user-h...@ant.apache.org
